The robots are no fun. The post Did You Want a Sequel to A Knight’s Tale? Well, the Netflix Algorithm Said No appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Meta is making lots of noise about being open, in everything from AI to the metaverse. This isn't desperation: it's smart strategy that understands Meta's true differentiation. | Continue reading
A low-profile mechanical keyboard with uniquely designed keycaps, two programmable knobs, and a feature-filled full-color screen. | Continue reading
As always with this version of the Bigfoot story, the real monsters are human... The post My Big Sweet Hairy Buddy: Harry and the Hendersons (1987) appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Designer and manufacturer unknown, but this chair hails from 1970s Norway, according to reseller Møbelhøker.It demonstrates mastery of steam bending and, surprisingly, it's listed as a folding chair. You can guess where the pivot point is, though the hardware is unseen. The armre … | Continue reading
Italian industrial designer Bruno Munari designed this radical Cubo posacenere ("Cube ashtray") around 1954:Image: Di Albertozanardo - CC BY-SA 4.0 Placing the butts inside the box was completely outside-the-box; up until that point, anything we'd call an ashtray was an open dish … | Continue reading
Next time you stop by the Flathub website you will notice it’s had a bit of a revamp. The latest UI refresh lands a year after its last big redesign and builds on that look by adding new on-page features. These changes make it easier for Linux users to find the apps they are look … | Continue reading
One of my favourite statues is the one of Nelson Mandela at the Sandton City shopping centre in Johannesburg. Larger than life, its oversized bronze shoes shimmer in the evening light, polished by the hands of many passersby who crowd around to take pictures with it. At the entra … | Continue reading
This morning, I read a short article describing certain deficiencies in Bing Copilot when it comes to doing math. The article interested me for two reasons: | Continue reading
Welcome back once again to Reading The Wheel of Time. This week we are covering chapters 22 to 24 of Winter’s Heart, in which Rand travels to Far Madding and then is followed by renegade Asha’man, by Luc, and finally, by Cadsuane and her entourage, including Harine and Shalon. Fa … | Continue reading
Everyone’s a little freaked out about AI right now—the ramifications of unregulated tech bro start up culture smashing into industries across the board, from journalism, to science, to entertainment, being turned upside down by the hot new trend. But together, Jennifer Lopez and … | Continue reading
Research has shown that the most important factor in determining how you respond to stress is how you think about your ability to handle it. Don’t miss the significance of this statement. The power to determine your best response to stress is in your control, and it depends on no … | Continue reading
"It's easy to see what all the hype is about." Chinese battery developer unveils new tech with 1,300-mile range that could revolutionize EVs: 'An important piece of the puzzle' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Photo: Bigstock The European Commission has announced that it has opened early stage talks with Singapore about associating to Horizon Europe. As part of a push to open up the research and innovation programme to distant, “like-minded” democracies, South Korea, Canada and New Zea … | Continue reading
A couple of days after completing the London Marathon, I’ve had only a little time to process the experience. Not only is it an assault on your body, but also on your mind and senses for hours on end. I’m very thankful to those who have supported me through sponsorship, donations … | Continue reading
The JIMA house, nestled in the verdant suburb of Jurica in Querétaro, designed by Legorreta Arquitectos, epitomizes a modern retreat that integrates seamlessly with its lush surroundings. Continue reading | Continue reading
We found a faster, better way to make restaurant-worthy poached eggs—and it takes less than 10 minutes from start to finish. | Continue reading
The Electronic Software Association, the main lobby for the video games in the United States, remains flatly uninterested in helping… Continue reading Games industry lobby still says no way to preservation efforts, copyright exceptions The post Games industry lobby still says no … | Continue reading
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Increasingly, our cars will be controlled by a small number of powerful computers. | Continue reading
L'articolo BOLOGNA TATTOO SHOW 26-27-28 APRILE 2024 proviene da BolognaFiere Group. | Continue reading
Nestled in the serene landscape of Grimsnes municipality in Iceland, Ylja House emerges as a tranquil retreat for a Mexican-Icelandic family, epitomizing the local essence of 'warmth,' which is also what "Ylja" means in Icelandic. Continue reading | Continue reading
I took the moderator’s seat for a recent Smashing Meets discussion on design systems. Brad Frost, Dan Callahan, and Nathan Curtis sat in as panelists, which was a real dang treat for me because I rarely get the chance to talk shop with adults, unless you count my wife nodding alo … | Continue reading
A 28-year-old motorcyclist died in Washington State on Friday afternoon because a dipshit Tesla driver rear-ended him at speed. A Snohomish man, 56, was commuting in his 2022 Tesla Model S when he activated the car’s camera-based advanced driver assist system and according to his … | Continue reading
[Look at what we can do.] Back in February, I noted that after nearly 47 years, Voyager 1 may be dying. But Goonies NASA nerds never say die. After months of meticulous debugging work, we are once again receiving valid data from Voyager. On April 18, 2024, the team began sending … | Continue reading
Today we dive into why LEGO has unexpectedly become my go-to hobby over the past couple years. | Continue reading
On the morning of April 16, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (left) met with President Xi Jinping at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. Photo credits: Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Kingdom of Cambodia China's state security recruited three individuals in G … | Continue reading
by Lizzie Presser ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Federal la … | Continue reading
The UnitedHealth Group has confirmed that it paid a ransom to cybercriminals to protect sensitive data stolen during the Optum ransomware attack in late February. [...] | Continue reading
Today, Apple announced that it will be holding a video event on May 7, 2024 at 7 AM Pacific. The announcement, which was sent to members of the press, doesn’t specify what it is about, but based on the illustration in the invitation, which clearly depicts an Apple Pencil, and bas … | Continue reading
Curated with alchemic perfection, DCxPC Live released an album that definitely is a must listen for fans of ska, by The Phensic a trailblazing band that actually feels fresh and make the scene interesting. | Continue reading
By now, I’m assuming that we’ve made our way through all eight episodes of the Netflix adaptation of Liu Cixin’s The 3 Body Problem (and by we, I mean sci-fi nerds). The series is packed with science—much of it way over the top—but it grounds itself in quantum mechanics and astro … | Continue reading
Google fired at least 20 more employees on Monday evening related to the April 16 sit-in protests of the company’s cloud computing contracts with Israel, No Tech For Apartheid organizers tell Gizmodo. Google confirmed the additional firings in a statement, noting the company has … | Continue reading
Jessica Flanigan in The Conversation: Taylor Swift isn’t just a billionaire songwriter and performer. She’s also a philosopher. As a Swiftie and a philosopher, I’ve found that this claim surprises Swifties and philosophers alike. But once her fans learn a bit more about philosoph … | Continue reading
The classic sci-fi strategy game Homeworld was due to have its third installment available already, some 20 years after the… Continue reading Homeworld: Vast Reaches brings the famous sci-fi franchise to Quest 3 The post Homeworld: Vast Reaches brings the famous sci-fi franchise … | Continue reading
The modernity of the Nut House is obvious in the details. Exterior: the gable roof is articulated as a thin folded plane and thin fascia; the ‘traditional’ gable filigree here becomes a strong visual screen element and light box Continue reading | Continue reading
Michael Levin in Noema: They are assembled from components that are networked together to process information. Electrical signals propagate throughout, controlling every aspect of their functioning. Being general problem-solvers, many of them have high IQs, but they routinely mak … | Continue reading
I think it’s finally iPad time: The event is scheduled for 7 AM Pacific. | Continue reading
Interior design magazine RUM posted these shots of an NYC apartment renovation: While the newer furniture pieces are credited, this vernacular chair in the second shot is not:Image: Piet Albert Goethals The seatback flows downward to become the front leg, of which there are only … | Continue reading
This article was written by Scott Jenson and Michael DiTullo A few recent tech writers have leaked that the new AirPods case will likely have a touch screen. Other earbud makers have tried this as well but it's Apple, so people will naturally have strong opinions, and we're no di … | Continue reading
Can't wait for the third-act flashback. The post The New Deadpool and Wolverine Trailer Introduces a Most Intriguing Villain appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Yuval Noah Harari in Haaretz: In the coming days Israel will have to make historic policy decisions, ones that could shape its fate and the fate of the entire region for generations to come. Unfortunately, Benjamin Netanyahu and his political partners have repeatedly proven that … | Continue reading
"The Thinker," Auguste Rodin (The worst possible way to think?) "(S)it as little as possible," writes German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, "do not believe any idea that was not born in the open air and of free movement." Nietzsche was notorious walker and hiker, a man seemingl … | Continue reading
I spotted this CSS used in a very popular WordPress theme: Those .specificity and .extra-specificity classes sure pop off the page, don’t they? I wonder what they do. Asking the author directly would be a good way to find out, but who wants facts when we can make wild assumptions … | Continue reading
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TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2024 The doorman knocks early and often: Journalistically speaking—and "at long last"—is it time for her to go? Journalistically speaking, we refer to Lisa Rubin. She's either "an MSNBC legal analyst" or "an MSNBC legal correspondent," depending on which part o … | Continue reading
From Death's mechanic to questing knights, dragon-slayers to evil queens, everybody loves an upbeat ending! The post Eight More Short Fantasy Stories With Happy Endings appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
As companies work to develop and implement cleaner energy technologies, more jobs should emerge, creating demand for the supply. New government program aims to boost technologies in growing field of offshore wind: 'Exciting and rewarding for a lot of different reasons' first appe … | Continue reading